40 tonnes of Banh Chung for overseas Vietnamese
(VOV) -A private enterprise in Dong Nai province is going to export 40 tonnes of Banh Chung– a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) savoury – to overseas Vietnamese all over the world.
Vietnamese people will celebrate the Tet holiday in more than a month’s time.
Tran Thanh Toan, head of Tran Gia Banh Chung enterprise based in Bien Hoa city, says his enterprise exports 35 tonnes of Banh Chung and five tonnes of traditional phrynium wrapping leaves to the US, Europe, and Canada annually.
Banh Chung for export can be kept as long as six months and served after several minutes of microwave oven cooking.